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Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.

Let's take a look at the top stories in biotech and health care this morning -- keep an eye out for Actavis plc , DepoMed and Horizon Pharma .

Actavis to sell generic CelebrexAfter a court ruling yesterday, Pfizer's fourth best-selling drug Celebrex may now come off of patent protection as early as this May, although Pfizer will appeal the ruling. And Actavis plans on being among the first to offer a generic version of the megablockbuster painkiller. Although Celebrex saw sales of approximately $3 billion last year, generic manufacturers, like Actavis , will face stiff competition. Specifically, five companies have already been identified as players in the race to manufacture generic Celebrex. So, although Actavis will certainly benefit from the court's decision to invalidate a patent that would have extended the drug's patent protection until 2016, it's hard to see how any one company will necessarily be gaining a lion's share of the generic Celebrex pie. As such, I don't think this news will be a major event for Actavis moving forward.

DepoMed continues to rally after earnings?Shares of DepoMed are up over 6% in premarket this morning after management provided some color on the company's stronger than expected fourth quarter earnings report. Specifically, DepoMed crushed the Street's estimates yesterday for both earnings and revenue. Revenue beat estimates by over 100% and earnings per share beat by 27%.

Although better than expected sales of Gralise and Zipsor contributed to the beat, the bulk of it can be attributed to a deal with PDL Biopharma for future royalty and milestone payments in the company's diabetes franchise. Per the terms of the deal, DepoMed received $240.5 million in exchange for interests in future royalty and milestone payments in the Type 2 diabetes therapeutic area. DepoMed recognized $18.1 million of non-cash revenues and $4.5 million in non-cash interest expense under this arrangement in the fourth quarter.

What really stands out in this earnings report, however, is the company's strong 2014 guidance. Namely, DepoMed expects total revenues to increase by over 400% this year, mostly due to the deal with PDL Biopharma . So, there is good reason to keep tabs on DepoMed going forward.

Horizon beats on revenue but misses on earningsShares of Horizon Pharma are down almost 5% in premarket this morning after the company missed revenue estimates by $2.08 million, or 6%. The company did beat on earnings by $0.04 due to the early termination of a senior loan facility in the fourth quarter related to the acquisition of Vimovo from AstraZeneca.

What investors are keying in on this morning are sales of Horizon's flagship arthritis drug Duexis. Despite gross sales growing by 548% year over year, analysts expected slightly higher revenue in the fourth quarter. A closer look at the press release shows that this lower revenue from Duexis sales is tied to service fees paid to wholesale distributors in the quarter, which were higher than anticipated.

Looking ahead, Horizon is expected to grow net revenue by a notable 80% to 100% in 2014, thereby achieving profitability on a non-GAAP basis. So, even though Horizon shares are up 510% in the past year, there is good reason to believe this stock could continue to climb even higher. As such, you might want to dig deeper into this rising biopharma.

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